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“And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab the king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another.”
2 Chronicles 18:19
God is asking who will entice Ahab
“And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’”
2 Chronicles 18:21
The response was to be a lying spirit in the mouths of the prophets, why couldn’t the spirit just lie directly to Ahab and not involve the prophets?
Some things to consider
- Kings (Israeli kings under God’s leadership) were afforded certain immunities from spirits due to jurisdiction and territorial rights
- Legal requirements in heaven (please provide supporting texts)
- Ahab had to make a free will choice unimpeded by the authority of a spirit
- Ahab would not have made a decision without counsel and therefore the prophets had to be enticed
